“One important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint … it’s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.”—
This is something that I’ve thought much about. I used to read very slowly and rarely and though I thought it was primarily something I needed to improve with I always had this little appreciation for how it felt to absorb a book at such a rate. Now I read entire books in a day and it feels at times that something is lost that way.
